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Background Concern about the health hazards in the aluminum industry has initiated this study where we have investigated associations between exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and ̄uorides, and cancer incidence and cause speci®c mortality among workers in two Norwegian aluminum plants in operation since 1954 and 1957, respectively. Methods The study was designed as a historical cohort study and comprised 5627 identi®ed men employed for more than six months. Cancer incidence was investigated from start of employment to 1995, and cause speci®c mortality was investigated from 1962 to 1995. The observed cases of cancers and observed deaths were compared with expected numbers calculated from national rates. Internal comparisons were made using Poisson regression with age and smoking included in the models. Historical exposure to PAH and ̄uoride had been estimated previously by use of statistical modeling on industrial hygiene measurements and process parameters. A job exposure matrix was used to investigate possible associations between cumulative exposures, and cancer incidence and cause speci®c mortality. Smoking habits were identi®ed for 92% of the cohort members.

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Author

P??l Romundstad; Tor Haldorsen; Aage Andersen

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0271-3586)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)